Improvement in seed-planters



M. WARD.

.Corn Pla Pfef- Patentejd Mar. 27, 1855 l UNITED STAtirEsH PATENT FFICE.

MYRON WARD, OFOWEGO, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-PLANTERS.

specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 12.608, dated March :27, 1855.

To all whom it may concern: Y p Be itknoivn that I, MYRON WARD, ofOwegO, county ot' Tioga,-,and State of New York, having invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seed-Planters, do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description ot' the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,makingapart thereof, in whichl Figure 1 represents a top plan of the machine. Fig. 2 represents a side view thereof. Fig. 3 represents the bottom of one of the shoes and shares forward of the compressors and wheels. Fig. et represents a top view of the charger and seed-gage. Fig. 5 represents a back side view of the shoe, leaving a con k, cave space for the-seed to spread upon the ground as it drops from the charger or seedgage.

The nature of my invention relates to the construction ofthe sh are for removing obstructions foward of the shoe and permitting the line mold or mellow earth to fall into theJ furrow laterally through the slots in the sides thereof behind the shoe, and also the compressors on the rims ot' the compressin g-wheels D D, which compressors crowd the earth laterally and over the seed when deposited in the earth and complete the covering. y

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

The frame A and B of. the machine may be made in any well-known substantial manner, and supported on two wheels, D D, which are arranged on and fastened` to an axle or shaft, E. The said wheels are so placed as to follow t the line of the furrows in which the seed is dropped, so as to pack or press the earth over it. The mode of operation is thus: The seed is placed in the box M, as shown in Fig. 2, and

as the machine moves forward the cam G on main shaft E, as shown in Fig. 2, moves the rod I forward, which operates the levers K K, they being connected with rod I by joints at S, Fig. l, and draws out the chargers or seedgages V V from under the plates P l?, which l. into the break on the said cam G, which, oper ating on the levers K K, forces the chargers V V under lthe plates PP (which plates are thin disks of metal) upon the bottom of the hoppers N N, or seed-boxes at M M, and over the holes in the tubes R R, as seen in Fig. 4, from which the seed drops directly from the chargers V V into the furrows under and inside ofthe shoes YY, as shown inverted at Fig. 3. This shoe is concave underneath for the seed to spread, as shown at Fig. 3, and iattened toward the point, the intention of which is to pass under the surface of the earth and let it fall in laterally behind the shoe, and can be gaged to run at any required depth in the ground by raising or lowering the thills attached to the frame of the machine. rlhe shares TT have slots in the sides, as shown in Fig. 2, which permit the iine mold or mellow earth to force itself in laterally behind the shoes Y Y into and over the channel where the seed is dropped, which shares are so constructed with sharp points and wings on each side, and attached to blocks O O, that they remove lumps, sods, 8vo., and leave a level surface forward of the shoes YY, as shown at T, Figs. 2 and 3. VThe compressors F F on the periphery of the wheels D D, as they move forward, come directly over the hill or place where the seed is `dropped and crowd or compress laterally and over it; or, in other words, the seed is dropped through the tube within and under the concavity of the shoe, which permits the seed to spread upon the ground, and the earth falling in back ot' the shoe of its own gravity, together with the iine mold forced through the slots in the share and the pressure on the earth of the compressors as they pass over the hill, as above described, the covering is made complete and more perfect than by any other machine now in use. rlhe compressors can he made of castiron or any other material, if preferable.

The chargers or seedgages may be made of wood or metal and attached tothe levers at KK, as shown in Fig. 1, by joints, pins, or otherwise, at L, their upper surface sliding on a level with the door of the seed-boxes M M, with a hole through each of the proper size to contain the quantity of seed required for the hill, which holes, when moved over the tubes RR, as shown in Fig. 2, areinstantly discharged of their contents into the furrow, as aforesaid,

dispensingwith allcomplexvalvesand fixtures, l 1. The adjustable slotted share for the purand, beingsimple in construction, are not liable to get out of repair in using` l'or corn or any other seed.

The back end of the feed-rod I, as shown at XV, may be held in its place to slide freely by a strap of metal, or in any other similar or suitable way.

I am aware that moldb0ards for plows have been made slotted in order to break stift' soil; also, that a continuous groove triangular in its section has been employed upon the tread of a covering-wheel; also, that a slotted though not adjustable share has been used in a seedplanter; but h WhatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,is-

pose of removing obstructions and at the same time allowing the ne earth to pass through the slots, which share is made adjustable by means of a thumb-screw and plate in rear.

2. The short compressing-blocks on the peripheryot the wheel, which compressors crowd the earth laterally over the seed, and at the same time indicate the place of the hill', and by which means the grain can be planted in cheek-rows.

MYRON WARD.

Witnesses CHARLES P. AVERY, E. DOUGHERTY. 

